Chicago Theater Review: LAST DANCER STANDING (MORE THAN HIP-HOP) (Black Ensemble Theater)
DRIVEN DANCES FOR JOY AND JUSTICE Their "dance card" is filled to bursting. Departing from Black Ensemble Theater's usual blast-from-the-past musical reclamations (Nicholas Brothers, Josephine Baker, Ella Fitzgerald), Last Dancer Standing (More than Hip Hop) is a character-driven jubilee that makes all the right moves. It faithfully mimics an imaginary "reality-TV" dance competition. With a prize of […]